Mop cleaner



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G. M. BOREN MOP CLEANER Filed August 24. 1923 6 I v frzdcrzfir 612772655v 6mm Patented Nev. 16, 1926.

UNITED STATES GUSTAV M. BOB/EN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

MO]? CLEANER.

Application filed August 24, 1928. Serial No. 659,042.

This invention relates to a cleaning device and more particularly to adevice for extracting dust and dirt from dry or oil mops and the like.

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a cleanersimple and compact in construction and efficient in operation.

A further object of the invention is to provide a novel construction ofa cleaner by means of which the dustand dirt is extracted from the mopby revolving the mop within the cleaner.

A further object of the invention is to provide a construction by meansof which the revolving of the mop within the device creates a suctionand thereby assists in extracting the dust and dirt from the mop.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a means forsupporting the mop centrally and .to permit its easy rotation within thecleaner.

A further object of the invention is to provide a mop cleaner which canbe carried from room to room and adapted to be readily attached to anddetached from the knob of any door.

A still further object of the invention is to provide means within thecleaner which will aggressively comb out the dust and dirt from the mopas the mop is revolved within the cleaner.

These and other objects are obtained by a construction and anarrangement of the various parts in the manner hereinafter described andparticularly-pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings, Fig. 1 is a front elevation of my improvedmop cleaner showing the same mounted on a door a knob.

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of F 1 showing the door of the cleanerin dotted line swung outwardly from the receptacle or body of thecleaner. I

Fig. 8 is a top plan view partly in section showing the arrangement ofthe cleaning blades and cross bars for aggressively cleaning the mop.

Fig. 4 is a face view showing the cleaning blades and cross barconstruction which is removable as a single unit from the recep tacle orcleaner proper.

Fig. 5 is a cross sectional view of the mop cleaner taken on the lines55 in Fig. 1 with certain portions of the cleaner shown and maintainingthe mop within the cleaner.

In carrying out my invention I have provided a very efhcient and compactform of a mop cleaner which can be readily carried from room to room andis adapted to be attached to and detached from the knob of any door.have shown for the purpose of illustration comprising a cylindricalreceptacle preferably made of comparatively light sheet metal having aback wall 11 and a cover 12. The cover 12 is so for-med as totelescopically engage the cylindrical portion of the re ceptacle 11 insuch a manner as to be frictionally secured thereto.

In order to detachably secure the cleaner to a knob 13 of any door Ihave provided a loop lat secured adjacent the back wall 11 as shown at15. The loop lat is provided with a relatively enlarged portion 16 so asto fit over the knob 13 and a relatively small This improved mop cleaner1:

looped portion 17 so as to engage the reduced portion of the knobbetween the knob proper and the door. In order to prevent the back wallof the cleaner from scratching the polished frame-work of the door, 1have provided a felt pad as shown at 18 so as to form a cushion betweenthe back wall 11 of the mop cleaner and the woodwork. The cover 12 isprovided with a face member 19 having substantially a semi-circularaperture 20 therein. Pivoted to one edge 21 adjacent thesemi-circularaperture 20 of the face member 19 by means of hinges 22 isa door or gate 23. The door or gate is adapted to be actuated about itshinges 22 by means of a crank handle 2% which has a transverselyextending shaft 25 journalled in a tubular bearing 26 having one endextending through the telescoping portion of the cover 12 and the otherend thereof secured by a bracket 26 to a stationary portion 27 of thecover. The cylindrical side of the receptacle may be slotted toaccommodate the shaft 25 and its tubular bearing 26 or the shaft 25 maybe positioned to contact with the front upper edge of the cylindricalside 10. Formed as an integral part of the shaft 25 and positioned onthe end opposite the crank 24 is a second crank 28. The crank 28 ispositioned substantially at right angles to the crank 24 and is adaptedto slidingly engage a bracket 29 secured centrally to the inner sideofthe door 23 From the above construction it will be seen that as thecrank or handle 2% is oscillated about its pivot in the tubular bearing26, the door 23 is also oscillated about its pivot 22. The stationaryface member 19 and the door 23 is provided centrally thereof Withanaperture 30.. Secured to the face member 19 adjacent the aperture 30 isa semi-circular tubular member 31 which extends at right angles withrespect to the plane of the taco member .lQanrI is secured theretopreferably by being solderd; Se

cured to the door member 23 adjacent the ai icrture 30 and cry-operatingwith the senir circular member 31 of the Face member 19 isa similarsemi-circular tubular member 32. The semi-circular member 32 of the doormember 23 is adapted 'to fit Within the semi-circular tubularmei'i'iber3l or the member 19 in such a manner as to lorm substantiallya single tubular member when the door member is swung down to itsnormally closed position or the position shown in Fig. 1 and "in thefull line position in Fig. 2. In connection With my improved mop cleanerI have provided anovel con struction for aggressively extracting orcombing out the dust and dirt from the mop as the mop is revolved withinthe receptacle. This mechanism comprises a complete removable frame-Workor structure shown in F i g. at and consists of a di'sclil e member 33having a 'alurality of radially disposed cleaning blades 34: and formedintegrally with the disc-member 33. The cleaning blades 34 and 35 arepreferably made in the disc-member 33 by making radial slits in thedisc-member from the periphery of the member to a point adjacent thecenter thereof and'as shown in Fig. 4. "The cleaning blades indicated at34- a-nd occupying substantially one-fourth of the disc-member33 aredisposed or inclined at an angle in a direction opposite to the angularposition of the fan blades 35, as clearly shownin Fig.

'3, the object of this arrangement being to permit either set ofcleaning blades, that is the cleaning blades 84 or 35 to aggressivelycomb the strands of the mop regardless of the direction in Which it isrotated. In this connection it will also be noted that as the mop isrevolved Within the cleaner adj acent these angular-1y disposed cleaningblades a current, of air will be set up creating a suction in thedirection the mop is rotated and thereby assist in extracting the dustfrom'the mop and drawing the dust behind these blades causingthe same todrop inbehind the disc 33 and settle between this disc and the back Wall11 of the receptacle. The whirling of the mop Within the receptaclecauses the air to Whirl therein and sets up anappreciable suction in adirectiontovided a plurality of cross bars or rods 35 positionedadjacent the outer periphery of the fan bladesand extendingsubstantially around one-half of. the periphery of the disc-like member33 These cross bars 35' are arranged at spaced intervals and heldrigidly in their respective positions by send-circular bands 36 and 37.The bands 36 and 37 havetheir ends secured to a sem circular wall 38ivhich in turnis secured in any Well known manner adjacent the outerperiphery of the disc 83. The Wa ll 38 is positioned at right anglesWith respect to the plane of the disclike member '33 and is spaced fromthe outer periphery thereof so as'to provide'a chamber 39 between thewall 38 and the Wall of the receptacleljfl' for the accumulation of dustand dirt exti-acted from the mop. It will also be noted that there is achamber, as indicated at 40, between the disc '38 'and the bottom 1l'o:f the receptacle. This is also for theaccumula'ted dust and dirtextracted from the mop. In order to centrally support and to facilitatethe rotation of the mop ithin the receptacle, I have provided asocketell upon which the center of the mop may be mounted, pivotallysecured to a post 42b) means or a ball race 43. cured by any well knownmeans to the cen ter of the disc-like member 33, "but preferably bybeing soldered thereto.

In: the operation of the above described device, it will be understoodthat the'receptacle is placed on or attached to the knob 13 of any doorby engaging the lo opl lc in positionasshown inFig. 1" and that thehandle or crank 24: is actuated to openthe' door or gate 23 and the mopis placed through the semrcircular opening 20 in the cover 12 with thehandle thereof resting in the seini circular"tubular member 31 of theface member 19mm ivhenthe strands are Within the receptacle the cover isactuated to its closed position, in which I position the semi-circulartubular member 32 of the door 23, together With the semi-circular member31 of the face member l9'com plete The post 42 is sely encases or formsa tubular bearing for blades '35 if the mop is rotated in thefcoun te--cloc1' -\vis'e direction. The revolving er the mop in eitherdirection, it 'Wi'llbe unill derstood, creates a current of air which isdeflected by these blades and thereby sets up a suction, drawing thedust and dirt out of the mop and deflecting it to the rear of the bladesinto the chamber provided for the collection of the dust and dirtextracted. As the mop is rotated in the socket 41 and in the tubularbearing formed by the semicircular member 31 and 32 of the face member19 and door 23, respectively, the outer ends of the strands of the mopstrike against the cross bars 35 causing the dust and dirt to be beatenfrom the mop and thereby further assisting in cleansing the mop as it isrevolved.

From the above description, it will be seen that I have provided anovel, efiicient and compact form or" mop cleaner and one which can bereadily moved from room to room and attached to the knob of any doorwith greatfacility. 7

lVhile in the above specification I have described one embodiment whichmy invention may assume in practice, it will be understood that the sameis capable of modiiication and that modification may be employed withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of my invention as expressed in thefollowing claims.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A device for cleaning mops and the like comprising a receptacle.cleaning blades mounted within said receptacle for cleaning the mop, andmeans engageable with the bottom of said mop for rotatably supportingsaid mop in a relatively fixed position with respect to said cleaningblades.

2. A device for cleaning mops and the like comprising a receptacle. aplurality of oppositely inclined cleaning blades mounted within saidreceptacle for cleaning the mop, and a rotatable socket for receivingsaid mop for supporting the same in a relatively fixed position withrespect to said cleaning blades.

3. A device for cleaning mops and the like, comprising a receptacle, anda plurality of oppositely inclined cleaning blades mounted in saidreceptacle for cleaning the bottom portion of said mops, and cross barsarranged transversely to the planes of said cleaning blades and mountedwithin said receptacle for engaging side portions of said mops forcleaning the same.

4. A device for cleaning mops and the like, comprising a receptaclehaving a removable cover therefor, a hinged door carried by said cover,semi-circular tubular members carried by said door and cover for guidingand supporting the handle of the mops, and a removable structure mountedin said receptacle having a plurality of different mop cleaning elementsfor cleaning the mop.

5. A device for cleaning mops and the like, comprising a receptaclehaving a removable cover therefor. a hinged door carried by said cover,semi-circular tubular members carried by said door and by said cover forforming a support for the handle of the mop, cleaning elements mountedin said receptacle and means carried by said receptacle for rotatablysupporting said mop within said receptacle.

6. A device for cleaning mops and the like, comprising a receptacle, mopcleansing elements mounted within said receptacle including asemi-circular plate having a plurality of cleaning blades formedintegrally therewith, and a chamber formed between said semi-circularplate and the bottom of said receptacle for accumulating the dust anddirt extracted from the mop.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification on this13th day of August A. D. 1923.

GUSTAV M. BOREN.

